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T-Mobile is hiring a team to help decide the fate of retail stores post-Sprint merger

T-Mobile is hiring a team to help decide the fate of retail stores, post merger, according to a report in BizJournals, (link below.) Sprint…

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GameStop to Sell Over 1200 Wireless Stores

According to a report in the Dallas Morning news (link below) GameStop is selling it’s portfolio of over 1200 AT&T Wireless Stores to Prime…

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Metro to Start Charging for Device Swaps

Here’s some (potential) news for Metro by T-Mobile (formally Metro PCS) users. According to a report in the Prepaid Phone News (link below) it appears…

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FCC to resume review of Sprint/T-Mobile

The FCC is set to resume the “shot clock” on the $26.5B plan to merge T-Mobile and Sprint and is seeking comments on the new economics…

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Right to Repair Advocates Claim Major Victory in Smartphone Copyright Exemption

According to a recent article in the Washington Post (link below) The Librarian of Congress and the U.S. Copyright Office have granted American consumers…

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Fears over price hikes driving probe into T-Mobile merger

New York’s Attorney General is stepping up its probe into T-Mobile’s proposed merger with Sprint, concerned that the wireless giants could hike prices on cheaper…

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Motorola and iFixIt to sell DIY Kits

According to a recent article on Engadget (link below), Motorola will be selling do-it-yourself phone repair kits. Motorola has become the first major phone maker…

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What Did Legere Say at Sprint? We Have it All…

Full transcript: Here’s what T-Mobile’s John Legere told Sprint’s town hall meeting Sprint recently held a town-hall meeting – and T-Mobile head John Legere…

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Did You Know (Repair Day)

We already mentioned that #REPAIRDAY is coming! But! Did you know there is a new TV series – Consumer Reports TV will have a feature…

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#RepairDay

#REPAIRDAY is coming! NWIDA is a supporter of Repair.org and they have reminded us that National Repair Day is this Saturday –  October 20! We…

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